True Maroon

there is almost no chance Sidney, Moultrie, or Smith returns. So we are looking at losing 5 of our top 8 players. Few teams can rebound from that not named Kentucky. A look at some SEC teams that lost 4 or 5 starters:

Florida- missed the next 2 NCAA's after losing their starters from their title teams

State- took 3 years to return to the NCAA's after losing all 5 starters in 2005

LSU- took 3 years to return to the NCAA's after losing their guys from the Final Four team...looks like they will miss the NCAA's again after losing 4 starters from their 2009 SEC champs team

UPig- lost all 5 starters after Pelphrey's 1st seasons- took 3 years to rebuild- he signed one of the nation's top recruiting classes- they fired him.

Those are just a few examples- we are looking at a rebuilding project for the next 2 seasons after this one ends- regardless of who the coach is.

all we heard after last year's circus fiasco of a season was that we had to keep Stansbury because of the great recruiting class he put together. Here we are one year later with 2 of the 5 already no longer with the team- and a 3rd in Deville unlikely to return.

That is not a valid reason to keep a coach.

You keep a coach because we trust him to rebuild this thing the next 3 years with hard work and discipline. If we dont think he can do that, then we need to get someone who can.